Mulletover Halloween Party, London

With Halloween having fallen on a Wednesday this year, expect clubland to be invaded by makeshift zombies for a second weekend in a row. However, you'll need more than a ripped shirt and a faceful of white slap to turn heads at Mulletover's Halloween bash, where attendees are encouraged to go to town on their costumes. That's where the gimmicks end, though: there's no particular theme to the music, just a lineup of consummate DJ pros who specialise in moving sweaty warehouse crowds. Kerri Chandler should require no introduction for deep house fans, while a neat encapsulation of Swiss DJ Deetron's MO was provided by the poor soul forced to follow him at this summer's Stop Making Sense festival: "I haven't got any more bangers," he complained, "Deetron's played them all." Then there's Subb-an and his sleek tech-house moves, Boddika's analogue throb, UK house up-and-comer Huxley, and the sensual minimal techno of Cassy. Something for everyone, and plenty more besides.

Colourworks/Steelworks, E9, Sat

Sam Richards

Scottish Soulful Weekender 2, Dumfries

Previously filed under "it's a crazy idea but it just might work", SSW2 returns, 12 months on, with an even bigger and better lineup of DJs and live acts representing every hue of the soulful spectrum. The market-town location of Dumfries worked well, with several thousand soulsters converging from all over the UK, and this year's outing, featuring headliners Alison Limerick, DJ Tony Humphries, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Prins Thomas and Ian Levine, represents another winning brew of danceable grooves ranging from northern soul and jazz funk to nu-disco and deep house, spread across three days.

Cairndale Hotel, English Street, Sat & Sun

Patric Baird

Hotflush Warehouse Party, London

Paul Rose has many strings to his bow. As well as founding the influential Hotflush label and infecting Berlin with the dubstep virus via his Sub:stance nights at Berghain, he's on to his third artist album as Scuba. Oh, and he's noted for being the grouchiest DJ on Twitter, often taking delight in antagonising his followers. In fact, you half-suspect that unashamedly euphoric recent tunes such as Adrenalin were written specifically to annoy fans hoping for more spartan post-dubstep in the vein of his first two albums. Whatever his motivation though, Scuba is quietly and impressively moving into the space occupied by Orbital and the Chemical Brothers; making large-scale dance music without relinquishing credibility. Tonight, alongside sets from proteges George Fitzgerald and Locked Groove, he premieres his new live set-up, with a lightshow that promises to complement the vividness of his recent releases.

Oval Space, E2, Sat

SR

House Masters, Bath

As half of the duo behind Karanga, Tim Lucy knows his way round the scene formerly known as "superclubbing". Now he's putting his contact book to good use with a series of shamelessly retro nights featuring top names from his club's 90s heyday. Tonight is House Masters' sixth outing and the recently re-opened Bath venue Moles is the place to witness appearances from a pair of 90s heroes. One-time S-Express vocalist DJ Sonique is twinned with scouse legend John Kelly who has been consistently delivering sets of quality tough-edged melodic house since the late-80s.

Moles, George St, Sat

John Mitchell

FuturePast, Leeds

The hold which techno music has over the clubbers of Leeds can be traced back to the early-90s and out of town favourite The Orbit. But for the last 12 years the torch has been carried enthusiastically by the crew behind FuturePast. Tonight they bring Detroit's Claude Young for his first show in seven years, offering Different World, a half-DJd, half-live spectacle, with new material such as Think Twice sitting alongside classic Detroit productions.